There are a number of reasons. In addition to being insightful, technically savvy and innovative, several qualities distinguish Robert Penn productions from other companies and Robert from other producers:
1. Price - low overhead and freelancers, including two Emmy Award winning Cinematographers and a "United Nations" of additional crew members2. Creativity - eye-catching digital content that conveys the client's message
3. Stamina - fourteen-hour location shoots in 100-degree weather
4. Interests - performing arts, community organizing, visual arts, foreign languages, metaphysics, U S ephemeral films, people and cultures of Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe
5. Adventure - traveled up the Nile, hitchhiked across France, vacationed north of the Arctic Circle (Alaska), visited Victoria Falls, Zambia, crossed the Atlantic by ocean liner, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, toured Japan by rail, and walked through Lake Forest, Illinois without arousing suspicion
6. Personality - easy going, efficient, detail oriented, flexible, solution oriented, funny . . .
and Robert can stand on his head for more than ten minutes